Hornell's Canisteo Street bridge to be milled today

Friday

If everything goes according to plan, the Canisteo Street bridge should be open once again in November.

If everything goes according to plan, the Canisteo Street bridge should be open once again in November.

Hornell Department of Public Works Assistant Superintendent Mitch Cornish informed the Board of Public Works Thursday that Villager Construction will be milling pavement off the bridge today. A lighter layer of blacktop will be reinstalled atop the bridge.

City crews have already stripped curbs from the bridge. Cornish said that barring any setbacks, the bridge should be open within the next three weeks.

The Canisteo Street bridge was first closed in July to fix rust on a beam beneath the structure. It was shutdown at approximately the same time the Grand Street bridge re-opened after having girders repaired.